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Should there be a Manchester congestion charge?
This new scheme, proposed by the Assocation of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA), is to charge motorists £5 to drive into the centre of Manchester and out again in the busiest times of the day.
Whilst the plans will take into consideration vunerable groups and essential service vehicles, etc, is this a solution to Manchester’s congestion problem?
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16 June 2008 | Cheaper By Car | No Comments | Author: admin
Run your car on water!
Can you run your car, or any other energy consuming product, on water?
Whilst many leading scientists claim this to be thermodynamically impossible, there is a growing amount of interest in this technology.
There is in the region of 326,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons (326 million trillion gallons) of water on the planet (don’t quote me on that!), so it’s [...]
6 June 2008 | Cheaper By Car | No Comments | Author: Adam
Cheaper by Car has a new forum!
After a long wait, www.cheaperbycar.co.uk now has a forum!
There’s still a few tweaks to be done, but it’s fully functional right now.
Click here to take a look around
Now you can voice your opinions and join the public transport debate.
3 June 2008 | Site Development | No Comments | Author: admin
Water Powered Car
Ian Knight wrote to us with the following. Check out the video, it really is enlightening.
Let’s face it public transport does little or nothing for the UK economy as it is not exportable, other than flying or ferries. And is little more that job creation for public transport employees, and another TAX on the [...]
17 March 2007 | Readers Comments | 2 Comments | Author: admin
More carrots than sticks…
Silvia Vousden wrote into us with the following:
There should be more carrots than sticks.
I have often wondered why commuting has always been considered a personal cost. What about ‘contract carriage’ of employees on public transport, where employers could enter into a contract with public transport operators, community transport schemes and taxis or minicabs to [...]
10 March 2007 | Readers Comments | No Comments | Author: admin
Cheaper By Plane!
After several hours of research, I just booked a weekend break to Paris. Ideally I wanted to go with the Euro Star, I’d never been through the tunnel before and of course the ecological damage is relatively small in comparison to a Boeing. Beleive it or not, it was around £40 more expensive [...]
21 February 2007 | Cheaper By Plane | No Comments | Author: Adam
What is the world coming to?
Front-page news today - Train prices have gone up again!
Looks like it’s now cheaper to fly than get the train.  The most ecologically sound method of transport, the train, remains more uncomfortable, busier than ever and above all, far more expensive.
According to the front page of the independent:
Planes, trains, and the road to ruin [...]
3 January 2007 | Cheaper By Car | No Comments | Author: Adam
M1 Widening?
The debate over the widening of the M1 is far greater than I’d imagined! After hearing a news article on the radio last week, I’ve been investigating it ever since. One site in particular was of interest: www.nowideningm1.org.uk, who are attempting to publicise the recently begun widening of the M1 at a preposterously [...]
14 November 2006 | Cheaper By Car | 2 Comments | Author: Adam
Climate Change will cost trillions!
Quote:
Climate change could shrink the global economy by a fifth at a cost of up to £3.68 trillion unless drastic action is taken; a government-sponsored review is to warn.
Reference: Climate change ‘brings huge cost’Â
All over the press today, there is a great deal of talk about pollution levels and how if we continue along [...]
30 October 2006 | Cheaper By Car | 3 Comments | Author: Adam
Can road pricing pay for improved public transport?
So discourage road use, why doesn’t the government charge for the use of the road and pass that money back into the public transport infrastructure?
24 October 2006 | Cheaper By Car | No Comments | Author: Adam
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